Toronto – January 28, 2015 – In 2007, the Harper government established the Mental Health Commission of Canada to develop surveys and strategies to act as a "catalyst for improving the mental health system".
Toronto – January 19, 2015 – On January 15, 2015, Target Canada announced that it would close all its stores before the end of April.
Toronto – January 14, 2015 – According to a new poll by the Broadbent Institute, an overwhelming majority of Canadians believe income inequality has worsened in the last decade. To address this inequality, 73% of those polled say that the government can – and should – do something to reduce the gap between rich and poor.
Ottawa – January 10, 2015 – A report released by Statistics Canada says the minimum wage in 2013 is just a penny more than in 1975, after being adjusted for inflation.
Toronto – November 26, 2014 – In a 2009 Canadian national survey, women reported 460,000 incidents of sexual assault in just one year. It is estimated that only about 10% of all sexual assaults are reported to police.
Toronto — November 13, 2014 — While Canada spends less than most industrialized nations on child care, parents in Canada are among the most likely to be employed. As a result, Canada is inadequately funding a service that is desperately needed.
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